Poor Quotes

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Blanche talks about aging, and why should she be considered poor, because physical beauty is transitory and fading and she has such richness of the… — Delta Burke
The rich are richer, and the poor are poorer, in the city than elsewhere; and, as a rule, the greater are the riches of the… — Josiah Strong
I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship. — Rose Schneiderman
Despotism is the only form of government which may with safety to itself, neglect the education of its infant poor. — Samuel Horsley
You lose your manners when you are poor. — Lillian Hellman
Respectable means rich, and decent means poor. I should die if I heard my family called decent. — Thomas Mann
If no man could become rich in Peru, no man could become poor. — William Prescott
Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money. — Gerald Brenan
It is the mind that maketh good of ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor. — Edmund Spenser
Taxing poor families runs counter to decades of effort to help people lift themselves out of poverty through work. — Nicholas Johnson
Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind. — Mike Todd
Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet. — Hesiod
I am a poor hater. — James A. Garfield
My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading. — Thomas Hardy
All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. — William Henry Harrison
No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants… — Jeremy Taylor
Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law. — Oliver Goldsmith
Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics… — Ian Smith
A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill. — Martin H Fischer
I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the… — William Henry Harrison

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